FIRST VENICE EDITION OF THIS TREATISE ON ECONOMICS AND STATECRAFT FOR A GOOD GOVERNANCE

Sonnenfels, Joseph von. La scienza del buon governo del signor di Sonnenfels tradotto dal tedesco in italiano. Edizione prima veneta diligentemente corretta. In Venezia: appresso Giovanni Vitto in calle lunga a S. Maria Formosa, 1785.

8vo (186x126 mm), contemporary paperboard binding; pp. [6], 208.

First edition published in Venice (the first Italian was published in Milan the year before) of the translation of this Sonnenfels' important treatise, the most important textbook of economics and statecraft in the Catholic German-speaking areas.

Provenance: Private library of a Verona noble family, whose roots are in Mantua and in which there were distinguished lawyers and jurists.

References: IT\ICCU\TO0E\006169. OCLC, 801179763 and 807796163 (one copy in Spain).

A very good copy.